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High-speed crashes on I-25 through the Denver Tech Center and on Arapahoe Road produce traumatic brain injuries that look normal on a CT scan but change everything about how you live and work. CGH Injury Lawyers serves Greenwood Village from our Denver office. We build the neurological proof and fight for the full value of your TBI claim. No fee unless we win.

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  • A traumatic brain injury is graded by the Glasgow Coma Scale: mild (GCS 13 to 15, often called a concussion), moderate (GCS 9 to 12), or severe (GCS 3 to 8). A mild score on day one does not predict how much your life changes in the months that follow.
  • Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5). Economic losses including medical bills, lost wages, and a life-care plan carry no cap, and compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is also uncapped. In serious TBI cases, the uncapped categories drive the bulk of the recovery.
  • Filing deadlines in Colorado depend on how your brain injury happened. Motor vehicle crashes carry a three-year deadline (C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n)). Claims against a government entity require written notice within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)), not 182 days from the crash. Missing either deadline can bar your claim entirely.

The I-25 Denver Tech Center corridor carries roughly 246,000 vehicles per day through Greenwood Village, and freeway-speed rear-end collisions on that stretch regularly produce brain injuries that are invisible on a standard scan. CGH Injury Lawyers serves Greenwood Village from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201. We document the neurological impact that adjusters want to dismiss, build the claim around your full future needs, and try the case in Arapahoe County District Court when an insurer refuses to pay fairly. You pay nothing unless we win.

Why these cases are harder

Why a Greenwood Village brain injury claim is not like other injury cases

A broken arm shows on an X-ray and settles quickly. A brain injury often shows on nothing. The DTC corridor is a high-speed, high-volume road where impacts hard enough to cause a TBI happen at closing speeds that leave vehicles looking barely damaged. Adjusters use that gap between appearance and injury to argue you were not seriously hurt. Closing that gap requires a different kind of legal work.

The invisible-injury problem on the DTC corridor

Standard CT and MRI scans detect bleeding, swelling, and fractures. They do not detect the microscopic axonal tears that cause persistent symptoms after a mild TBI. When a commuter on I-25 sustains a concussion in a rear-end crash near the Arapahoe Road interchange and the ER scan comes back clean, the insurer's adjuster treats that clean scan as a liability ceiling. The legal work begins by proving the injury that imaging cannot capture.

  • Symptoms including chronic headache, memory problems, mental fog, sleep disruption, and emotional volatility are real harms a Colorado jury can understand once the evidence is built correctly.
  • DTC-corridor workers whose jobs depend on concentration, analysis, and clear communication face career-level losses from a mild TBI that adjusters want to value at a few thousand dollars.
  • Post-concussion syndrome affects an estimated 15 to 30 percent of mild TBI victims and can persist for months or years, converting a day-one mild GCS score into a long-term disability claim.
TBI classifications

How the Glasgow Coma Scale grade shapes a Greenwood Village TBI claim

Medical teams classify a TBI using the Glasgow Coma Scale within hours of the injury. That score, and what comes after it, both matter to the value of your claim in Arapahoe County. The GCS describes the first day. Your life-care plan describes the rest of your life.

  1. Mild TBI (GCS 13 to 15): the "concussion" the insurer wants to minimize

    Mild TBI involves brief loss of consciousness, under 30 minutes, or confusion right after impact. Most rear-end crashes on I-25 through the DTC corridor, and angle crashes at the Arapahoe Road interchange, produce forces sufficient for a mild TBI without dramatic visible vehicle damage. Adjusters use the mild label to cap their offer well below what the case is worth. When post-concussion syndrome follows, that mild diagnosis can support months of lost income, neuropsychological treatment, and a claim for diminished earning capacity. A software engineer or financial analyst in the DTC cannot afford to accept a settlement built on a snap medical label from the emergency room.

  2. Moderate TBI (GCS 9 to 12): rehabilitation and a changed baseline

    Moderate TBI involves loss of consciousness lasting 30 minutes to 24 hours and frequently shows structural abnormalities on imaging. Victims transported from a DTC-corridor crash to HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center in Englewood often face weeks of inpatient rehabilitation, specialist care, cognitive therapy, and a months-long road back to any version of their previous work capacity. Craig Hospital in Englewood, one of the nation's top-ranked rehabilitation centers for brain and spinal cord injuries, serves the Arapahoe County area and provides the protocols that life-care planners use to project future care costs. Getting that projection right is the center of the damages claim.

  3. Severe TBI (GCS 3 to 8): lifetime care and a life-care plan

    Severe TBI involves extended unconsciousness and frequently requires surgical intervention, intensive care, and placement in a long-term rehabilitation facility. Survivors can face permanent deficits in movement, speech, memory, and executive function. Freeway-speed impacts on I-25 at the DTC segment, which carries roughly 246,000 vehicles per day, are capable of producing this level of injury. A severe TBI case is built around a detailed life-care plan prepared by a certified life-care planner that projects every medical expense, attendant care cost, durable equipment need, and therapy requirement from settlement through life expectancy. That plan, combined with vocational economist testimony on lost earning capacity, is what drives the full economic damages figure. Economic damages carry no cap under Colorado law.

The law that governs your case

Colorado brain injury law decoded for Greenwood Village victims

Five Colorado rules quietly shape every TBI claim filed in Arapahoe County: the filing deadline, the notice requirement for government entities, comparative fault, the non-economic cap, and the categories of damages that have no ceiling at all. Getting these right is the difference between a partial recovery and the full value of your case.

  1. Filing deadline for motor vehicle crashes (C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n))

    A brain injury arising from a motor vehicle crash on I-25, Arapahoe Road, C-470, or any other Greenwood Village road must be filed within three years of the date of the crash. That deadline is hard. Miss it and you generally lose your right to sue regardless of how clear the other driver's fault is. Because TBI symptoms can emerge or worsen weeks or months after the crash, victims sometimes do not connect the dots quickly enough. Do not wait for your symptoms to resolve before consulting an attorney. The clock runs from the crash, not from the diagnosis.

  2. Government entity notice (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1))

    If your brain injury involved a government vehicle, a public agency, or a defect in a public road, a separate and much shorter clock applies. Written notice of the claim must be filed within 182 days of the date you discovered the injury, not 182 days from the crash itself. Missing that notice deadline bars the claim entirely under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act. Many TBI victims do not realize their crash involved a public entity, or do not connect their diagnosis to the incident, until the 182-day window is already closed. This is one of the most time-sensitive issues we look for in a free consultation.

  3. Modified comparative negligence (C.R.S. 13-21-111)

    Colorado uses a modified comparative negligence rule. You can recover damages from a TBI claim as long as your share of fault is less than 50 percent. Your award is reduced proportionally by your percentage of fault. If you are found 50 percent or more at fault, you recover nothing. On I-25 through the DTC, adjusters routinely argue that a crash victim was following too closely, changing lanes improperly, or traveling too fast for conditions. We challenge those fault allocations with crash reconstruction evidence, police reports, and witness accounts from the start.

  4. Damage caps and what is not capped (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5)

    For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5. Economic damages, including all medical bills, lost income, and the full life-care plan, carry no cap. Compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement is also uncapped. In a serious TBI case, the economic damages and the physical impairment category together typically drive the largest portion of the recovery, well above what the non-economic cap could ever limit. The insurer's goal is to frame your case as primarily a pain-and-suffering claim. Our job is to document and prove the full economic reality.

Local knowledge

Greenwood Village courts. Greenwood Village trauma care. Greenwood Village roads.

A TBI case filed out of Greenwood Village belongs to a specific courthouse, specific trauma centers whose records document the scope of the injury, and specific roads with documented crash patterns. Here is the ground your case is built on.

Where your lawsuit is filed

Arapahoe County District Court (18th Judicial District)

A brain injury lawsuit arising in Greenwood Village is filed in the Arapahoe County District Court, part of Colorado's 18th Judicial District, located at 7325 S. Potomac Street, Centennial, CO 80112. The local jury pool drawn from Arapahoe County, the local rules, and the defense firms that regularly appear in this courthouse all affect how a TBI case is built and presented. We practice in the 18th Judicial District and handle Arapahoe County cases directly. CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Greenwood Village office. We serve Greenwood Village from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, and we come to you.

Trauma care and brain injury rehabilitation

HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center, UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, and Craig Hospital

Seriously injured TBI victims from the DTC corridor are typically transported to HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center (501 East Hampden Avenue, Englewood, CO 80113), a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center with a Level I burn center. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (12505 E. 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045), a second Level I trauma center verified by the American College of Surgeons, also serves the metro for the most critical cases. For TBI rehabilitation specifically, Craig Hospital (3425 S. Clarkson Street, Englewood, CO 80113) is one of the nation's top-ranked rehabilitation centers for brain and spinal cord injuries and serves as the regional benchmark for appropriate brain injury rehabilitation care. Life-care planners working on Arapahoe County TBI cases routinely reference Craig Hospital protocols when projecting future care costs, which supports the medical necessity of those projections in litigation.

Where TBI-producing crashes happen in Greenwood Village

I-25 through the DTC, Arapahoe Road, C-470, and Fiddler's Green event surges

Interstate 25 carries roughly 246,000 vehicles per day through the Denver Tech Center corridor in Greenwood Village, a 12-lane segment with documented crash patterns including fatalities. Colorado State Patrol has coordinated enforcement operations specifically along I-25 between mileposts 164 and 179 because of the crash frequency. Rear-end collisions at freeway speeds are the dominant TBI-producing crash type on this segment. Arapahoe Road (Colorado State Highway 88) meets I-25 at Exit 197 and generates angle and T-bone crashes at its signalized intersections. Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre, an 18,000-capacity concert venue on Arapahoe Road near the interchange, creates traffic surges from May through September that concentrate impaired drivers and unfamiliar traffic in one of the area's busiest intersections. C-470 (SH 470) forms the southern metro boundary near Greenwood Village, and black ice on overpasses during Arapahoe County winters is a documented seasonal hazard. The City of Greenwood Village maintains 224 lane miles of roads and runs 24-hour winter plowing, but bridge surfaces freeze faster than pavement and still catch drivers off guard in early morning conditions.

Building your case

Evidence that proves a brain injury when the scan looks normal

Greenwood Village is a corporate hub. Many TBI victims here are executives, engineers, accountants, and healthcare workers whose ability to do their jobs depends entirely on cognitive function. Standard imaging does not measure cognitive function. Building a winning TBI case for a DTC-corridor worker requires a layered evidence strategy that goes well beyond the emergency room record.

  1. Neuropsychological testing

    A multi-hour assessment by a licensed neuropsychologist measures memory, attention, processing speed, executive function, and emotional regulation against age-matched population norms. It produces objective, quantified data that directly answers the insurer's claim that the victim seems fine. For a software architect or a financial analyst whose career requires precision and speed of thought, that data translates directly into a documented lost-earning-capacity claim.

  2. Advanced imaging: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)

    DTI maps the white-matter fiber tracts in the brain and reveals microscopic axonal injury that a standard MRI cannot detect. When a Greenwood Village crash victim presents with persistent symptoms but a clean routine scan, DTI is often the imaging study that closes the gap between the medical reality and the insurer's skepticism. Functional MRI, which shows the brain working harder to perform tasks that were previously automatic, is a companion study that further documents functional impairment.

  3. Vocational expert testimony

    A vocational rehabilitation expert reviews the victim's work history, the documented cognitive limitations, and the labor market to calculate which jobs the victim can still perform and at what wage level. For DTC-corridor professionals, the gap between their pre-injury earning trajectory and their post-injury earning capacity is often the largest single component of economic damages. That gap is calculated by a vocational expert and is not capped under Colorado law.

  4. Before-and-after testimony and day-in-the-life documentation

    Coworkers, supervisors, family members, and friends who knew the victim before the crash can testify to specific, observable changes in behavior, performance, and personality. A day-in-the-life video documents the daily challenges that a medical chart cannot convey. Both forms of evidence help an Arapahoe County jury understand the full human cost of the injury beyond what any scan or test score can show.

After the crash

What to do after a brain injury crash in Greenwood Village

The hours and days after a brain injury crash on I-25, Arapahoe Road, or another Greenwood Village corridor shape your claim. Brain injuries are frequently not obvious at the scene, which makes the decisions you make in the first 72 hours especially important.

  1. Call 911 and stay at the scene

    A police report from Colorado State Patrol (the responding agency on I-25) or Greenwood Village police creates an official record of the crash, the road conditions, and the other driver. A TBI victim who drove away from a crash they later do not remember has complicated their claim from the start. If you are disoriented after impact, let passengers or bystanders handle documenting the scene while you wait for help.

  2. Go to the emergency room, not urgent care

    For serious crashes near the DTC, HCA HealthONE Swedish Medical Center (501 E. Hampden Avenue, Englewood) is the nearest Level I trauma center and the appropriate destination for a suspected TBI. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (12505 E. 16th Avenue, Aurora) is the second Level I option in the metro. Urgent care clinics are not equipped to evaluate traumatic brain injury. The emergency room record, including any GCS score documented on arrival, becomes a critical piece of your case. Do not refuse transport.

  3. Follow up with a neurologist or concussion specialist

    An ER visit records the acute presentation. Persistent symptoms need a neurologist or concussion specialist who can order neuropsychological testing, advanced imaging, and refer you to the right rehabilitation services. A gap in care between the ER and a specialist is one of the first things an insurer points to when arguing that your ongoing symptoms are unrelated to the crash. Continuous documented care protects both your health and your claim.

  4. Do not give a recorded statement

    The at-fault driver's insurer will call quickly, sometimes within hours. A TBI victim who gives a recorded statement in the days after the crash may be minimizing symptoms they do not yet fully understand. Do not agree to a recorded statement, sign any release, or accept any offer without attorney review. A statement that contradicts your later medical presentation is something the insurer will use against you for the life of the claim.

  5. Contact CGH Injury Lawyers

    Colorado's motor vehicle crash deadline runs from the date of the crash (C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n)). The government-entity notice window runs from the date you discovered the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). Both begin without waiting for your symptoms to stabilize. A free consultation at the start of your treatment protects your options even if your case does not resolve for months. Call (303) 209-9395.

Compensation

What you can recover in a Greenwood Village brain injury case

Colorado law recognizes two categories of TBI damages and leaves two of the most important categories completely uncapped. Understanding what can and cannot be limited by law is the starting point of an accurate case valuation.

Economic damages (no cap)

  • Emergency and hospital care, including trauma treatment at Swedish Medical Center or UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital
  • Neurology, neuropsychology, and specialist fees, past and future
  • Cognitive, physical, occupational, and speech therapy
  • Inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, including Craig Hospital protocols
  • Prescription medications and medical equipment
  • Lost wages during recovery
  • Lost future earning capacity, calculated by a vocational expert
  • Life-care plan costs covering decades of projected future medical needs
  • Home modifications and attendant care

Non-economic damages (capped at $1.5M for 2025 and later claims) and uncapped categories

  • Pain and suffering (capped at $1.5M for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5)
  • Emotional distress and mental anguish
  • Loss of enjoyment of life
  • Compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement, which is not capped at all under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5
  • Loss of consortium for a spouse
  • The family's loss of the victim's companionship, guidance, and support

Colorado also permits punitive damages when a defendant acted with fraud, malice, or willful and wanton disregard for others, such as a driver who was texting at freeway speed on I-25 or an impaired driver leaving a Fiddler's Green event. Punitive damages are capped at the amount of actual compensatory damages, and a court may increase that amount to three times the actual damages if the defendant continued the willful and wanton conduct after the lawsuit was filed (C.R.S. 13-21-102(1)(a)). Colorado's modified comparative negligence rule (C.R.S. 13-21-111) means your recovery is reduced by your share of fault, but you can still recover as long as your share is less than 50 percent.

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The attorneys handling your Greenwood Village brain injury case

CGH Injury Lawyers is a eight-attorney Colorado firm founded in 2016, formerly Cheney Galluzzi and Howard. Managing Partner Kevin Cheney is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and has tried over 25 cases to verdict. Timothy G. Tarr has been recognized by Best Lawyers every year since 2023. Every brain injury case is handled by a licensed Colorado attorney. We serve Greenwood Village from our Denver office and practice in the Arapahoe County 18th Judicial District.

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We serve Greenwood Village from Denver.

CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Greenwood Village office. We serve Greenwood Village and all of Arapahoe County from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205. We file brain injury cases in Arapahoe County District Court and know the 18th Judicial District. Distance is not an obstacle to full representation.

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We prepare every TBI case for trial.

Most brain injury cases settle. But insurers pay full value only when they believe the alternative is an Arapahoe County jury trial. Kevin Cheney's ABOTA membership and 25-plus verdicts are why our demands carry weight that a settlement mill's demands do not.

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Questions

Greenwood Village brain injury, frequently asked questions

How long do I have to file a brain injury lawsuit after a crash on I-25 or Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village?

For a brain injury arising from a motor vehicle crash, Colorado gives you three years from the date of the crash to file a lawsuit (C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n)). That deadline is hard and does not pause while you are treating or waiting for symptoms to stabilize. A separate, shorter clock applies if a government vehicle or public entity was involved: written notice of the claim must be filed within 182 days of the date you discovered the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). Because TBI symptoms can emerge weeks after a crash, many people do not realize the 182-day notice window has nearly closed. Confirm your specific deadlines in a free consultation as early as possible.

My MRI came back normal after my I-25 crash. Do I still have a brain injury claim?

Yes, potentially. Standard MRI and CT scans detect bleeding, swelling, and structural fractures. They cannot detect the microscopic axonal tears that cause persistent symptoms in many mild TBI cases. A clean scan does not mean no injury. Colorado courts recognize that functional impairment from a TBI can exist without visible structural damage. Cases with a clean routine scan may require advanced imaging such as Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), neuropsychological testing, and expert testimony to prove the functional reality of the injury. Call us before accepting any settlement offer based on a clean scan.

Is there a cap on what I can recover in a Greenwood Village brain injury case?

Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5). Two categories are not capped at all: economic damages including medical bills, lost wages, and life-care plan costs, and compensation for physical impairment or disfigurement. In a serious TBI case, the economic damages and the uncapped physical impairment category typically make up the larger portion of the total recovery. The insurer's job is to frame your case around the capped category. Our job is to prove the full value of the uncapped ones.

I was partly at fault for the crash that caused my brain injury. Can I still recover in Colorado?

Yes, as long as your share of fault is less than 50 percent. Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence rule (C.R.S. 13-21-111). Your award is reduced by your percentage of fault, but recovery is not barred unless you are found 50 percent or more at fault. For example, if a jury finds you 30 percent at fault, you recover 70 percent of the total damages. On the I-25 DTC corridor, adjusters routinely argue that a victim was following too closely, changing lanes, or driving too fast for conditions. An attorney should challenge that characterization with crash reconstruction evidence and police reports from the start of the claim, not after the adjuster's narrative has hardened.

What is a life-care plan and do I need one for my Greenwood Village TBI case?

A life-care plan is a detailed document prepared by a certified life-care planner or rehabilitation specialist that projects every medical expense, therapy cost, equipment need, and attendant care requirement a TBI victim will face from settlement through life expectancy. For moderate and severe TBI cases, a life-care plan is the foundation of the economic damages claim because it converts medical opinions into a total future cost figure that the insurer must address. Craig Hospital in Englewood is one of the nation's leading brain injury rehabilitation centers and provides a regional benchmark for appropriate care costs. Life-care plans referencing Craig Hospital protocols carry credibility in Arapahoe County litigation. For mild TBI cases with post-concussion syndrome affecting a professional's career, a vocational economist rather than a full life-care planner may be the appropriate expert, but the principle is the same: the claim needs a documented number, not an estimate.

Does CGH Injury Lawyers have a Greenwood Village office?

No. CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Greenwood Village office. We serve Greenwood Village and all of Arapahoe County from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205. We file cases in Arapahoe County District Court and are familiar with the 18th Judicial District. You can reach us at (303) 209-9395. We offer free consultations for Greenwood Village brain injury victims, and you can meet with us by phone, video, or in person at our Denver office.

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